When Jean Hill heard about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, she made it her mission to ban the sale of plastic water bottles in the small town of Concord, MA. She didn't realize she was starting a revolution.

Against her is a mountain of opposition, stoking fear of loss of personal choice. As in 1775, when Concord patriots began a Revolution, follow an 84 year-old woman waging a seemingly unwinnable battle.

Jean Hill was recognized by the EPA at the 2015 Environmental Merit Awards ceremony. Said the EPA in a press release: "In 2009, Jean Hill's grandson showed her images of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a circulating gyre of plastic the size of Texas. Jean's distress over this fueled her determination to do something, and ultimately led to Concord, Massachuesetts, banning the sale of plastic water bottles".